Coal power

[cRiPpLe_rOoStEr]

Originally Posted by aerohead

The chemists at I.G. Farbenindustrie AG, in Germany, found that they could make anything out of 'coal tar'.
'Aspirin', AGFA photographic film, 'Heroin', buna synthetic rubber, 'LEUNA synthetic gasoline.,' etc.. It came down to a matter of 'cost'.

Would you drink some liquor made out of coal tar? I have already tried some pharmaceutical-grade grain alcohol out of curiosity

[aerohead]

Originally Posted by cRiPpLe_rOoStEr

Would you drink some liquor made out of coal tar? I have already tried some pharmaceutical-grade grain alcohol out of curiosity

Theoretically, yes, although the synthetic ethanol would be the easy part for the 'distiller'.
It's the other organic compounds and 'aging' they'd be tasked with 'duplicating'.
When I drank, the drunker I got, the less discerning I became, and once the 'house' was spinning, just before I threw up, it wouldn't have made a difference where the stuff originated ( Oskar Schindler's proverbial 'motor oil' ).

[Piotrsko]

I suppose it depends on what the objective is. If ones point is to get efficiently and quickly inebriated, then synthetic would be the choice over a 20 + year old cask aged bourbon since asking for a rare one by name in a bar is kinda pricey.

Used to do the speedo method, but the drugs I am using for various ailments put an end to that. Ruined my aspiring reputation for alcoholism

[cRiPpLe_rOoStEr]

In Brazil we often say in jest Paraguay delivers a 12-years whisky in just one week